UEFA to scrap the away goal rule.

Good riddance tbh. Always hated the sodding thing. Many a night I've been sat in front of the tv trying to figure out the current standing of a first leg 3-4 away loss followed by a 5-5 home draw.

Originally Posted by Pop

Good riddance tbh. Always hated the sodding thing. Many a night I've been sat in front of the tv trying to figure out the current standing of a first leg 3-4 away loss followed by a 5-5 home draw.

You're in the Europa League.

So its simply going to penalties if the scores are tied?

Not totally sure if I prefer that tbh.

Why do they need to change anything?

It’s pretty £#%&!ed as it is that they can’t enforce FFP, why ruin things even more?

Originally Posted by ryanMUFC

Why do they need to change anything?

It’s pretty £#%&!ed as it is that they can’t enforce FFP, why ruin things even more?

because tiktok obsessed kids dont wanna learn complicated rules. According to the super league gimps, thats why football is doomed.

Originally Posted by ScarFace

because tiktok obsessed kids dont wanna learn complicated rules. According to the super league gimps, thats why football is doomed.

Mental.

If less people are watching it, I’m guessing it’s because they sell the rights to the highest bidder which then recoups that money buying charging £30 a month.

Originally Posted by red in cumbria

So its simply going to penalties if the scores are tied?

Not totally sure if I prefer that tbh.

I certainly £#%&!ing don't. the best matches are usually in the knockout rounds of the tournament which are over 2 legs. The final is usually always £#%&!ing rubbish by comparison because everyone's too scared to make a mistake in a one off game

We'll end up with teams doing a villarreal every £#%&!ing game and playing for pens.

Good riddance I would say,

Originally Posted by Sparky***

I certainly f***ing don't. the best matches are usually in the knockout rounds of the tournament which are over 2 legs. The final is usually always f***ing rubbish by comparison because everyone's too scared to make a mistake in a one off game

We'll end up with teams doing a villarreal every f***ing game and playing for pens.

One solution to that then, just introduce rule that if scores are tied after 180 min of combined play, both teams get knocked out instead.

I don’t rate the away goals rule tbh, makes home teams cagey. Certainly seen it have that effect on us over the years. No away goals focuses the mind better, just win and reduce the obsession with winning at home with a clean sheet.

Originally Posted by Stickman

I don’t rate the away goals rule tbh, makes home teams cagey. Certainly seen it have that effect on us over the years. No away goals focuses the mind better, just win and reduce the obsession with winning at home with a clean sheet.

And nether do I, the away goal rule often made me felt like I was almost watching a diffrent code of football (probably similar as watching the Rugby Union and Rugby League), compared to the rest of the football season. So with it now finally being abolished (which should have have happend years ago), I'm going to argue that this change of removing the away goal rule will bring the UEFA knockout rounds more in line with the rest of the football season.

Quite like the away goal rule, added an extra dimension to games, and getting rid feels like it's the continued dumbing down of the game to make it more palatable to morons that can't be bothered to learn the rules.

Also, if they're going to get rid of it then it would've made more sense to do it when the fans were out of the grounds rather than as they're coming back in. If playing in empty grounds has taught us anything, it's that home advantage is a thing when there are fans in the ground.

Originally Posted by Patty_b

Quite like the away goal rule, added an extra dimension to games, and getting rid feels like it's the continued dumbing down of the game to make it more palatable to morons that can't be bothered to learn the rules.

Also, if they're going to get rid of it then it would've made more sense to do it when the fans were out of the grounds rather than as they're coming back in. If playing in empty grounds has taught us anything, it's that home advantage is a thing when there are fans in the ground.

This nails it. Another nail in the coffin.

Whoever is James Polk, its a poor WUM.

Originally Posted by Stickman

I don’t rate the away goals rule tbh, makes home teams cagey.

if so, it's better than the away team being cagey. the away goals rule encourages away teams to score. home teams already have the onus to attack. they're just tinkering for the sake of it.

Originally Posted by jem

if so, it's better than the away team being cagey. the away goals rule encourages away teams to score. home teams already have the onus to attack. they're just tinkering for the sake of it.

Good. It’s stupid.

Originally Posted by Stickman

I don’t rate the away goals rule tbh, makes home teams cagey. Certainly seen it have that effect on us over the years. No away goals focuses the mind better, just win and reduce the obsession with winning at home with a clean sheet.

Gives the away team an incentive to attack though. Pretty sure it was to stop teams turning up and parking the bus.

Originally Posted by Coracao

Gives the away team an incentive to attack though. Pretty sure it was to stop teams turning up and parking the bus.

It doesn’t work though. Teams still set up in the most part to not lose away and consider 0-0 a good result. Even though it more or less equates to a loss.

Originally Posted by Dr Stranger

It doesn’t work though. Teams still set up in the most part to not lose away and consider 0-0 a good result. Even though it more or less equates to a loss.

Well, that depends on how bad it gets when it is scrapped.

Think most sides look to get an away goal tbf.

Originally Posted by Coracao

Well, that depends on bad it gets when it is scrapped.

Think most sides look to get an away goal tbf.

I don’t think a team tries any more or less to score based on away goals tbh. I think it’s an overhyped, overstated element. You hear it in commentary: away goals are nearly always described as ‘a crucial away goal’. How do you know it’s crucial? It could mean nothing. Roma scored 2 ‘crucial away goals’ against us too,

And .... AND.... it’s unfair on the team who plays at home second of it goes to extra time. The away side has 30 more minutes to score that the home team never had.

Originally Posted by Dr Stranger

And .... AND.... it’s unfair on the team who plays at home second of it goes to extra time. The away side has 30 more minutes to score that the home team never had.

I've never thought about this before.